Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow

Learn from real people, just like you, how therapeutic journaling can benefit your life. Within these personal stories you’ll find journaling tips, tricks, inspiration and ideas that help you structure your journaling practice—and discover the true value journaling can bring to your life.

Find the inspiration to keep going and the motivation to make journaling work for you and your hectic schedule. Learn about these everyday people who made the decision to put pen to paper and how it transformed their lives!

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4 Journaling Tips for a Sunny Day

Mari L. McCarthy

It’s finally May and spring (though it does feel like summer!) is in full bloom. With warm breezes ruffling your hair, the sun shining and days getting longer and brighter, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay inside.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom

Mari L. McCarthy

Mothers are sources of infinite knowledge and wisdom, whether you are five or 50 years old. Your mom probably taught you countless valuable lessons throughout your life, from how to pick yourself up...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Where are the Edges in Your Journal Writing?

Mari L. McCarthy

Experiences like journaling or creativity, physical training or attaining goals for self-improvement are activities we engage in because we're interested in being the best we can be. Though...

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Where Did The "Just Like You" Book Come From?

Mari L. McCarthy

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Journaling Challenge: Master Your Money in 7 Days

Mari L. McCarthy

Here is a piece of positive news in a tough economic climate: you can make a fresh financial start in just a week, using only your journal and a pen.

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Personal Journaling Creates Easy Outcomes to Difficult Conversations

Mari L. McCarthy

In our day-to-day life, conflicts or disagreements arise. To prevent small problems from becoming major issues, we have to initiate conflict management conversations that we’d prefer to forget about...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth, Creative Journaling

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?

Mari L. McCarthy

I've been toying with these two terms, as we move on in to our next adventure with CreateWriteNow. We talk so much about using journal writing to achieve personal goals, and we use self-growth and...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Dream Recall & Interpretation and Your Journal

Mari L. McCarthy

By Lynn Light

Dreams, we all have them, pleasant dreams, erotic dreams, nightmares, lucid dreams, waking dreams, prophetic dreams. Unfortunately, it’s rare most of us remember what we dreamt. We...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth, Creative Journaling

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!

Mari L. McCarthy

Your personal journal is the friend who is always there to listen, whether you’ve had a bad day or are trying to find answers to life’s tough questions. It is such a good listener that sometimes you...

4 Journaling Tips for a Sunny Day-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 11, 2012

4 Journaling Tips for a Sunny Day

It’s finally May and spring (though it does feel like summer!) is in full bloom. With warm breezes ruffling your hair, the sun shining and days...

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Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 10, 2012

Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom

Mothers are sources of infinite knowledge and wisdom, whether you are five or 50 years old. Your mom probably taught you countless valuable lessons...

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